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HoosierMom

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I’ve been studying violence and politics for a loooong time. My last book — “The Field of Blood” —was about the use of physical violence in Congress. So you can bet I’ll have a lot to say…
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🧵 Nearly 12,000 (11,982) books were banned in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, according to PEN America’s newly updated Index of School Book Bans. #BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is an important thread, folks. @propublica.org is doing such good work. Important work.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
theatlantic.com
A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This starts with her aggressively trying to link him to the Muslim Brotherhood. I'd like to see someone turn the tables on this. "You're Christian, right? Did you support Timothy McVeigh? Did you agree with Dylann Roof? Or Eric Rudolph? Robert Lewis Dear? No? Even though you share their religion?"
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
👇👇👇👇👇 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Double check your state's deadline to register to vote. AND -- check your registration to be sure you're registered!
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Casey Reads 📚 @caseyz1-1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Read baned books 📚 The 2025 data reported to ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom shows that the majority of book censorship attempts continue to originate from by pressure groups, government officials, and decision makers. www.ala.org/bbooks/frequ...
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Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Banned Books Week starts today! This year’s theme is: #LetBooksBe What do you think books should be? Share your answer in the comments: ✨ Let Books Be Free 🎉 Let Books Be Fun 🌎 Let Books Be Diverse 💡 Let Books Be Thought-Provoking ❤️ Let Books Be Themselves
Drawn image of a woman reading, surrounded by books, birds, flowers, clouds, vines, stars. Text reades: Protect the Freedom to Read - Let Books Be - Banned Books Week, Oct. 4-10, 2026. American Library Association. ala.org/bbooks
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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We are thrilled to announce the honorary chairs for #BannedBooksWeek 2026! -Bess Kalb, author of the Buffalo Fluffalo series -Tony Weaver, Jr., author of Weirdo -Youth honorary chairs Marshall Romero & Azeemah Sadiq Join us Oct. 4-10, 2026! #LetBooksBe bannedbooksweek.org/chairs2026/
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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Good Trouble Indiana @goodtroubleindiana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🎙️New Hoosier Health Matters! Medical frailty, rising measles cases, and ending ambulance diversion—we’re unpacking it all in Episode 24. Listen now. #HoosierSky #PublicHealth #IndianaHealth #GTC
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hey folks: I’ll bet you feel REALLY represented now. They’re going home to serve themselves. NOT us. The ultimate accountability dodge. Elections are accountability. Let’s prove it.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Like, follow, and share if you love libraries, literacy, and books! #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #librarylove #author #publiclibrary #literature #lit Show that Americans love their libraries! 👉 Like 👉 Follow 👉 Share
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026
You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 28/08/2026
Even gun dealers are warning that the Trump administration’s plan to allow gun buyers to skip the sales counter could make it easier for prohibited people and traffickers to get firearms. Public safety shouldn’t be sacrificed to make gun sales more convenient.
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ATF’s Skip-the-Counter Sales Proposal Divides Gun Industry
Hundreds of gun dealers have come out in opposition to an ATF proposal that would allow for fully remote gun sales.
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Hello, coming at you LIVE from the Patriot Games in Geneva Ohio, where I am one of maybe 500 people waiting to watch what appears to be American Ninja Warrior: Hunger Games Edition
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Get to know the National Book Rating Index, BookLens, RatedBooks, and more tools being used to ban books across US schools and libraries. Y'all, pay attention to these–and pay close attention to the latest project from Take Back the Classroom. bookriot.com/tools-used-b...
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The Tools Book Banners Are Using to Target Books in 2026: Book Censorship News, July 24, 2026
Get to know the National Book Rating Index, BookLens, RatedBooks, and more tools being used to ban books across US schools and libraries.
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Ohwoisme @kmohwoisme.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
You’re absolutely right. We should not have so many people on SNAP. Because jobs should pay enough FOR PEOPLE TO EAT.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Arizonans will be able to vote on the future of the state's school voucher system. A referendum organized by parents and teachers will be on the ballot this fall to ban purchasing luxury items with taxpayer dollars, bar the wealthy from subsidizing private education with public money, and more.
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Arizona Petition for ESA Reforms Exceeds Signature Goal
Save Our Schools and the Arizona Education Association submit over 400,000 signatures to support the Protect Education citizens initiative in Arizona.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Meta is currently testing "super sensing" AI glasses that will continuously record surrounding audio while snapping pictures every few seconds. The new hardware also gets rid of the LED light that notifies bystanders when the glasses are recording. www.ft.com/content/ac28...
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Meta tests ‘super sensing’ AI glasses that can capture every moment
Mark Zuckerberg’s hardware ambitions are edging into a new privacy fight over who gets recorded
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shep-shepy.bsky.social @shep-shepy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This is a fantastic series. Watching the consecutive videos on YouTube, I found myself teary-eyed by the memory of the many who made us great. E pluribus unum. 🇺🇸 Follow @hcrichardson.bsky.social.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I love this one. This was the one that made me realize these were going to work. A minute isn’t much time and I worried it was too little. But this one does more in a minute than I could do in a whole semester.
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 20/05/2026
“For young people, especially young boys, nearly every pathway online for them to find community, to explore their interests and hobbies, is seeped with far-right grifters, influencers, racists, bigots, and individuals who are seeking to use those platforms to monetize their hate.”
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What Leads a Teen Boy to Commit Mass Violence?
Authorities say the two teenagers who opened fire on the Islamic Center of San Diego, killing three, became radicalized online.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
When white supremacists described the first black politicians winning elections in the South during Reconstruction, they too called it a "reign of terror" that innocent white people had to suffer under. Black leaders! Elected to federal office! Can you imagine the indignity?!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
WATCH: “The casualty is likely to be these minority voters.” @nytimes.com explains the impact of The Supreme Court striking down the Voting Rights Act, with Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina now redrawing maps to strip Black voters of congressional representation.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
sure gas is headed to $8/gallon but at least cornell got rid of their gender studies classes. or at least i think they did, i haven’t checked and if im being honest i wouldnt really know if they had or hadnt because it doesnt affect me but it makes $8/gallon gas all worth it
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hallo-kween @thekutekween.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
My son is a library assistant and he told me that they will not allow students to enter the library freely. He says it's always empty and now students have to have permission from parents if they want to enter the library and it requires students to tell the school which books they want access to.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
This kind of thing at Substack (including their Nazi problem and trans hate problem) are why my newsletter is at Ghost.org and always has been. Andrew Tate is a spectacularly vile human being accused of numerous violent crimes against women and hugely corrosive for young male minds.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I am proud to say that Democracy Docket does not publish on Substack. www.democracydocket.com
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Grumpy Rootbeer @grumpyrootbeer.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I genuinely believe that people don't appreciate just how much of all the bad vibes right now are still largely a COVID hangover. It was a profoundly traumatizing event for American society, on the order of the civil war or the great depression and we've largely decided to just pretend
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Drew Webb 🏳️‍🌈 @archeryfan93.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The NY Times saves its harshest skepticism for progressives. Instead of being impressed by 3,000+ coordinated protests, NYT dismisses the value of “hitting a number” and asks if No Kings will be “a primal scream that fades into a whimper.” F off, NY Times. We'll defeat fascism w/o you. (Gift link)
nytimes.com
A Challenge for ‘No Kings’ Protests, the Third Time Around
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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Social movement scholar here to comment on No King again. a 🧵: These protests are important b/c: 1.) as sustained image events, protests offer evidence of continued disapproval of the direction the country is going and disavowal of the country's leadership.
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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Social movement scholar here again. So, why protest? Nihilists were out yesterday arguing that "protests don't do anything." A short 🧵:
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/03/2026
The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. Read more: propub.li/4rBUJOV
Bar chart showing the change in the number of providers — social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists — from the third quarter of 2023 to the end of 2025 on the x-axis and the number of providers from negative 400 to 800 on the y-axis. The trend starts with a peak of about 700 social workers and around 200 psychologists added in the third quarter of 2023, followed by a steady decline across all groups, dropping below zero by the first quarter of 2025 with social worker losses eventually dipping around 400.
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Erik the Rural Juror @edoggthered.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Reminder: gas prices spiked under Biden because Russia invaded Ukraine. Gas prices spiked under Trump because Trump launched an attack on Iran. These two things are not the same.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
They either didn't know Iran would shut down the Strait of Hormuz or they knew and didn't have a plan. Either way - just totally clear they don't give a damn about what this war means for hardworking Americans.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I keep seeing people ask about the 25th Amendment. Guys. His entire Cabinet is walking around in shoes that don’t fit because they’re scared to take them off. The 25th is never happening.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The Trump administration could really restore confidence by getting the entire Cabinet to ride a tanker through the Straits of Hormuz to show everyone how safe and easy it is now. They could bring along a lot of MAGA influencers and Fox News hosts to broadcast it all live!
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ACLU @aclu.org · 11/03/2026
Yes. ICE agents don't get to carve out a First Amendment exception for themselves.
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Do I Have the Right to Film ICE?
Despite government attacks against protesters and the press, documenting interactions with law enforcement and federal agents is protected by the First Amendment. Here’s what you need to know.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Another forever war because people can’t bring themselves to vote for women…
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Then what happened?
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Michael Hicks @profhicks.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
What would your city do differently if simply making neighborhoods nice places to live — with good schools, low crime and walkable streets — was a better economic development strategy than tax incentives and industrial policy? www.indystar.com/story/opinio...
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Why Carmel beats Muncie for jobs — and what it means for cities | Opinion
There are a lot of Muncies around the Midwest. That's why economic growth has been so sluggish across the Great Lakes states.
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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
"We must speak loudly and clearly: Casey Means is totally unqualified to serve as U.S. Surgeon General and must be rejected by the Senate. She is a “health influencer,” not board certified in any specialty and not licensed to practice medicine." Sign on here: actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...
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Oppose Nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General
The Senate HELP Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the nomination of Casey Means to serve as U.S. Surgeon General on Wednesday, February 25th. While we were hoping this nomination was dead, i...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/02/2026
Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”
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